HMS Grasshopper (1806)
Grasshopper | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Grasshopper |
| Ordered | 30 August and 31 October 1805 |
| Builder | Richards (Brothers) & (John) Davidson, Hythe |
| Laid down | April 1806 |
| Launched | 29 September 1806 |
| Commissioned | November 1806 |
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| Captured | 25 December 1811 |
| Former Kingdom of Holland | |
| Name | Grasshopper |
| Acquired | December 1811 by capture |
| Renamed | Irene |
| Fate | Transferred to France December 1812 |
| First French Empire | |
| Acquired | Transferred from annexed Netherlands |
| Renamed | Irene on transfer |
| Captured | December 1813 |
| Kingdom of the Netherlands | |
| Acquired | December 1813 by capture |
| Renamed | HNLMS Irene (Dutch: Zr.Ms. Irene) |
| Fate | Broken up 1822 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop |
| Tons burthen | 383 12⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 100 ft 0 in (30.5 m) (overall) 77 ft 2+5⁄8 in (23.5 m) (keel) |
| Beam | 30 ft 6+1⁄2 in (9.3 m) |
| Draught | 6 ft 6 in (2.0 m) (unladen) 10 ft 6 in (3.2 m) (laden) |
| Depth of hold | 13 ft 12 in (4.3 m) |
| Sail plan | Brig |
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HMS Grasshopper was a Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1806, captured several vessels, and took part in two notable actions before the Dutch captured her in 1811. She served in former navy of the Kingdom of Holland, French Imperial Navy and Royal Netherlands Navy until being broken up in 1822.